Electrification and cryo-electrification of powertrain and drivetrain components

Mohammad Yazdani-Asrami, Wenjuan Song

We focus on electrification and cryo-electrification of powertrain components of future transportation applications, including aircraft. These powertrain components include but are not limited to fault current limiters, bus bars, cables, machines, motors and generators, and transformers. The main topics include:

  • Anomaly, fault, quench detection and protection of electrical devices and systems
  • Investigating cryogenic power electronics, AC and DC distribution networking components and cryogenic system testing for operating powertrain and cryogenic temperatures.
  • Implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for optimal design and condition monitoring of superconducting powertrain components in transportation, power and energy sectors.
  • Heat transfer and thermal analysis of electrical devices (superconducting and conventional)  

  • Multi-physics coupled electrical, thermal, magnetic, and mechanical modelling for superconducting applications implementing finite element-based numerical models with H formulation and T-A formulation for superconducting applications. In addition, we developed multi-physical equivalent circuit models for superconducting cables, fault current limiters, and machines in house.

  • We conduct research on fully electric, hybrid electric, fully superconducting, and partially superconducting propulsion systems with and without the integration of liquid hydrogen or fuel cell scenarios.

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